Pronunciation: ' h ə r-m ə - ˌ ti-z ə m
Function: noun
Usage: often cap
Date: 1897
1 a : a system of ideas based on hermetic teachings b : adherence to or practice of hermetic doctrine
2 : the practice of being hermetically mysterious <it is not ⋯ willful hermetism , if the message of their art is veiled and indirect ― R. J. Goldwater>
– her · me · tist \ -m ə -tist \ noun